Dear friends and supporters, I want to take this opportunity to wish you a magical and blessed 2019 💫 I’ve spent the past four years building the foundation for UpEffect in both a part and full-time capacity and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the consistent love and encouragement you’ve shown since our launch in 2016. We’ve …

Baillie Aaron is the Founder of Spark Inside, a London-based organisation taking coaching into prisons to encourage rehabilitation, reduce violence and lower reoffending to ultimately prevent crime and future victims. Prison isn’t effective at reducing crime, or keeping us – the public – safe. Nearly half of all people leaving prison will commit another crime within one year of being …

Every year, over 26 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into our oceans. With technology and environmental issues both on the rise, it makes sense to use the advancement of one to repair the issues of the other. Here, I will discuss 5 companies which are tackling our environmental issues and the tools they have adopted for their purpose. Origin …

Clean water is something many take for granted. We use it all the time: to clean, to cook, to hydrate. However, for 663 million people across the globe, dirty, diseased water creates a cycle of illness, lack of education, and poverty. Each day, preventable water-borne diseases take the lives of six thousand people. Clean Water Access has long been on …

Storimarket is a social enterprise you should know about. Their website allows you to buy direct from smallholder farmers and ethical food producers in Africa, which not only betters the lives of farmers and their families, but allows them to continue to farm in a way that is good for the environment and their community. Storimarket was founded in 207 by Tom …

Though an early-stage social enterprise should prioritise bootstrapping as its means of financial sustenance, for some, this is not always a viable option. Converting some ideas into businesses can be capital-intensive, particularly those dependent on expensive production, research and development. This is why crowdfunding is becoming the go-to option for so many entrepreneurs, including those launching a social enterprise. Traditionally, …

Michael Pisa, a fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C., warns to be cautious about considering blockchain a “silver bullet” to the world’s problems. “This imbalance has led to unrealistic expectations about what blockchain solutions can do, how easy they will be to implement, and how quickly they can scale, if at all. The result has been …

Congratulations. You’ve decided to take matters into your own hands and form a social enterprise. You saw a problem and you have enough insight and tenacity to make an attempt at a solution. Creating a company that works for the betterment of humanity is a noble cause and no small feat. You have the idea, you believe in it, and …

We spend so much time lost in our phones, computers, or other digital screens, yet events are still one of the most powerful communication tools out there. Why do you think people pay thousands upon thousands of dollars to go see the Super Bowl instead of just watching it in the comfort of their own homes without spending a dime? …